‘Andy is too nice sometimes. I want his shots buried’

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Vital focus: Lendl demands the same commitment from Murray that he brings to the partnership, an application just as evident on the golf course, below leftTimes Photographer, Graham Hughes

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PRA02:CZECH GOLF-LENDL:MARIANSKE LAZNE, CZECH REPUBLIC, 15AUG96 – Former Czech tennis star Ivan Lendl (R) and his caddy study a putt at the Chemapol Open in the Czech Republic August 15, where Mr. Lendl is making his debut in the European PGA Tour. After 15 holes Mr. Lendl stood at 10 over par. sg/Photo by Sean Gallup REUTERSReuters

We are talking at a golf course in Florida, the sun is peeking through the
clouds and, remarkably, Ivan Lendl is resisting the urge to rush to the boot
of his car and grab his clubs. Well, he played two rounds the previous day
and missed out by one stroke on improving his handicap to plus three, and
his disappointment at that is evident.

Anyway, he is only halfway through a practice day with Andy Murray, who had
too many sore experiences of what it was like to be within the equivalent of
a stroke of winning one of tennis’s